On The New Parliamentary Rump In The Absence of Mandatory Reselection
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On The New Parliamentary RumpIn The Absence of Mandatory Reselectionafter John Milton

by Kevin Higgins

Because you have shrugged off all sentiment,like a convention of businessmen, each in turn,successfully losing his boxer shortsat an after party that will, in due course,be put in the accounts under ‘miscellaneous’;he who is of sufficient wallet, and ugliness,to purchase for himself exclusive accessto a slightly soiled Jerry Hall, now raisesyou up in his pages, and on TV screensthat answer to him, as the sort ofLancashire lass or professional Welsh accentwho’s happy to continue to rule on behalfof those who must rule, evenif the other guy wins the vote,with his sandals, his allotment,his mindless allegianceto those who haven’t hadbeef cheek this century,and won’t be having itanytime soon, if youand those on whose behalfyou hope to administerget your way, as you will,if insufficient use is madeof liberating axe and guillotine.